The Vampire Dancer

The Vampire Dancer

30 mins | Drama | March 4, 1912

The man-hungry “vampire,” later to be popularized by America’s Theda Bara, made her screen debut in this Danish melodrama directed by August Blom. Clara Wieth starred in the title role of the Vampire Dancer, which is just what she was: a dancer performing her seductions on-stage. Off-stage, the young girl is kindhearted and a bit naïve. The lustful dance, during which Robert Dinesen succumbs to the dancer’s fatal charms, remained the centerpiece of the film, which was a popular success and made Wieth an international star.

The Vampire Dancer

30 mins | Drama | March 4, 1912

The Vampire Dancer

The man-hungry “vampire,” later to be popularized by America’s Theda Bara, made her screen debut in this Danish melodrama directed by August Blom. Clara Wieth starred in the title role of the Vampire Dancer, which is just what she was: a dancer performing her seductions on-stage. Off-stage, the young girl is kindhearted and a bit naïve. The lustful dance, during which Robert Dinesen succumbs to the dancer’s fatal charms, remained the centerpiece of the film, which was a popular success and made Wieth an international star.

Producers	Nordisk Film
Original title	Vampyrdanserinden
Directors	August Blom
Writers

Cast

Clara Pontoppidan

as Silvia Lafont, the Vampire Dancer

Henry Seemann

as Count von Waldberg

Robert Dinesen

as Oscar Borch

Frederik Jacobsen

as Servant

Ingeborg Bruhn Bertelsen

as

Svend Bille

as

Axel Boesen

as

Frederik Christensen

as

Julie Henriksen

as

Johanne Krum-Hunderup

as

Otto Lagoni

as

H.C. Nielsen

as

Carl Schenstrøm

as

Agnes Nørlund Seemann

as

Birger von Cotta-Schønberg

as

Maggi Zinn

as